Actually I’d be glad to contribute to it. But since the federal government picks my pocket for all sorts of awful things the least they could do is build a wall to protect this country.That is your view on the wall, you don’t want it to be based on voluntary contributions.
Just that you are not in favor of personal responsibility, but in favor of the welfare state.Actually I’d be glad to contribute to it. But since the federal government picks my pocket for all sorts of awful things the least they could do is build a wall to protect this country.
I’m not sure what your point is since most people are for all sorts of government spending on everything under the sun.
I’m not sure how you’d conclude that since it isn’t true at all and nothing I’ve ever said would indicate it was.Just that you are not in favor of personal responsibility, but in favor of the welfare state.
Right. That is the fatal flaw of democracy. You get to make other people pay for what you want.
From Jan 2014 to June 2015 I worked for an Refund Clearing House. If you used anybody other than Turbo Tax ( that has changed now ) or H&R Block, the probability your IRS refund got funneled thru the Tax branch of the bank I worked for is fairly high. Anyways, I was viewing some of the data so the huge sums ( 8k or better ) threw a red flag for me . So I ran a query to qualitate the data I was seeing. 80% of the refunds were 10K or better. So I asked the question, why are not these people being audited. The quick answer is the economy. The IRS knows that 95%of that money will be put right back into the economy. So they don’t touch it.Paying for an entire wall so that one single person doesn’t creep into the USA is NOT worth the money.
If you honestly do not understand this than you have failed your professors on a phenomenal level, and in turn, yourself.
Anyone who demands things that other people have to pay for believes in the welfare state. It is easy to be generous with other people’s money.I’m not sure how you’d conclude that since it isn’t true at all and nothing I’ve ever said would indicate it was.
So everyone who believes in government believes in a welfare state? That obviously isn’t true since it means every state is a welfare state. It robs the word welfare of adding to the meaning of state.Anyone who demands things that other people have to pay for believes in the welfare state. It is easy to be generous with other people’s money.
I don’t know about that. Many send money back home.The same applies to illegals. They put nearly all of what they make back into the economy.
And most of that money comes from jobs that most americans do not want to do anymore in the first place. A lot of is what the slaves of old were forced to do.
Well I wouldn’t build a wall to stop a single illegal, but I would support building one so future administrations can’t just turn a blind eye to illegal crossings. That we have over 10 million illegals here now shows just how indifferently this problem has been addressed in the past.We need a wall if only to stop a single illegal.
While there are no doubt many jobs that fall in this category, the idea that most jobs would be undone without illegals is wildly untrue. The building trades have pretty much been taken over by immigrants, which anyone who has had work done on his house can tell you. I’m not saying they aren’t very good workers, only that those are good jobs that used to be done by Americans. It isn’t that Americans won’t do those jobs; it is that they won’t do them at the wages that are offered to illegals.And most of that money comes from jobs that most americans do not want to do anymore in the first place.
Never claimed that. But since unemployment is at all time low…who knows what the ultimate outcome will be.While there are no doubt many jobs that fall in this category, the idea that most jobs would be undone without illegals is wildly untrue.
The dark side of Capitalism and Economics.The building trades have pretty much been taken over by immigrants, which anyone who has had work done on his house can tell you.
And what is the problem with that?The building trades have pretty much been taken over by immigrants, which anyone who has had work done on his house can tell you.
Why is it that on the one hand we condemn businesses for sending jobs overseas, yet on the other hand are indifferent when foreigners come here to take the jobs that can’t be outsourced? It’s the same result: Americans losing jobs, and the fact that unemployment is at an all time low hides the fact that that number doesn’t include those who are unemployed and aren’t looking for work. The percentage of Americans in the workforce is also near its all time low.The dark side of Capitalism and Economics.
Ask someone who works - or used to work - in those trades how he’s been affected by the glut of workers in those areas. I don’t know what you do for a living, but you might have a different perspective if your wages had been reduced by a third or a half because of illegal competition.And what is the problem with that?
Are these all illegal immigrants?Ask someone who works - or used to work - in those trades how he’s been affected by the glut of workers in those areas. I don’t know what you do for a living, but you might have a different perspective if your wages had been reduced by a third or a half because of illegal competition.
We have between11 and 20 million illegals in this country. We’ve allowed in another million legal immigrants each year for the last 20 years. Not everybody is out picking strawberries. Why do you think every sign in Lowes and Home Depot is now bi-lingual?Are these all illegal immigrants?
In other words you have no clue whether they are legal or illegal.We have between11 and 20 million illegals in this country. We’ve allowed in another million legal immigrants each year for the last 20 years. Not everybody is out picking strawberries. Why do you think every sign in Lowes and Home Depot is now bi-lingual?
Then there are those who get seasonal visas to do landscaping work, tree-cutting, etc. They do good work but most don’t come back. An American generally wants a full-time job 12 months out of the year with full benefits.That is employers want cheap labor. So they work illegals or immigrants in general. They don’t have to pay them as much and can work them harder. I guess we shouldn’t be so critical of slavery since so many actually tacitly approve of the same basic motivations in our time. In fact people are considered noble if they welcome even more modern slave labor to our country.